FC Dallas hosts Houston Dynamo this Sunday at Toyota Stadium
- Cristian Colman picks up FCD's 1,000th assist in franchise history
- Center back Walker Hume makes his MLS debut.
- Roland Lamah scores his first MLS goal in the sixth minute of the match.
- Chris Seitz makes a penalty-kick save on MLS’s leading scorer Nemanja Nikolic
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – FC Dallas dropped their first road match of the season on Thursday night, 2-1, to the Chicago Fire in the second leg of a stretch with three games in nine days for FCD.
Chicago took a 1-0 lead just three minutes into the match when Bastian Schweinsteiger crossed a ball to the back post for Brandon Vincent. The Fire’s left back sent in a dangerous dipping cross that found potent goal-scorer Nemanja Nikolic in a crowd of bodies inside the six-yard box. The striker turned his 11th goal of the year with the slightest of touches to give Chicago a one-goal advantage.
FC Dallas answered three minutes later when Atiba Harris won a header at the corner of the six-yard box. Forward Cristian Colman gave chase to the loose ball and stretched to get his foot on a clearance attempt. The ensuing 50-50 ball was gobbled up by Roland Lamah, who turned the corner and knocked a simple pass into the back of the net to make it a 1-1 game.
Chicago took a 2-1 lead in the ninth minute when David Accam brought down a pass on the right flank and ran at a defender. Accam sprinted free, into the center of the pitch, before cracking a hard shot low towards the back post. FC Dallas goalkeeper Chris Seitz got his fingertips to the ball but was unable to keep it out of the back of the net.
FC Dallas head coach Oscar Pareja brought on Javier Morales and Michael Barrios in the middle of the second half and the visitors began producing scoring opportunities consistently in the 77th minute.
Atiba Harris sent a cross to the back post that sat up perfectly for Tesho Akindele. The forward made a second pass, to Morales, who had an open look at the top of the box, but the Argentine could not keep his shot on frame.
Dallas earned three more set piece opportunities by the 83rd minute but could not produce any clear shots on goal.
Seitz kept a draw within reach with a huge save on a point-blank chance by Jununho in the 89th minute.
The Fire were also awarded a penalty kick by referee Jose Carlos Rivero just before the final whistle but Seitz read Nikolic’s approach and made an outstanding save, diving to the post to swat the attempt away with his left hand.
Scoring Summary:
CHI – Nemanja Nikolic (Brandon Vincent, Bastian Schweinsteiger) - 3'
FCD – Roland Lamah (Cristian Colman) - 6'
CHI – David Accam (Johan Kappelhof) - 9'
Lineups:
FC Dallas – Chris Seitz, Aaron Guillen (Ryan Hollingshead - 89'), Matt Hedges, Walker Hume, Atiba Harris, Victor Ulloa, Roland Lamah (Michael Barrios - 74'), Carlos Cermeño (Javier Morales - 63'), Carlos Gruezo, Tesho Akindele, Cristian Colman.
Substitutes Not Used: Jacob Lissek, Ryan Hollingshead, Maynor Figueroa, Jacroi Hayes, Reggie Cannon.
Chicago Fire – Matt Lampson, Johan Kappelhof, Matt Polster, Brandon Vincent, Joao Meira, Luis Solignac (Juninho - 58'), David Accam (Arturo Alvarez - 85'), Bastian Schweinsteiger, Michael deLeeuw (Jonathan Campbell - 75'), Dax McCarty, Nemanja Nikolic.
Substitutes Not Used: Jorge Bava, Micahel Harrington, Drew Conner, Djordje Mihailovic.
Misconduct Summary:
CHI – Luis Solignac (caution) 18
FCD – Carlos Gruezo (caution) 21
FCD – Aaron Guillen (caution) 23
FCD – Walker Hume (caution) 45
FCD – Matt Hedges (caution) 70
CHI – Johan Kappelhof (caution) 83
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
Assistant Referees: Logan Brown, Gianni Facchini
Fourth Official: Silviu Petrescu
Weather: Partly Cloudy, 64
Attendance: 12,584
